Archive Voice Custody

Archive voice custody defines who may place a living, deceased, reconstructed, or memorial voice asset into Storyteller broadcast. A voice asset is playable only when its custody state is visible: licensed, disputed, unauthorized, seized, suppressed, or public_domain_misclaimed.

The system exists to keep memorial use from becoming flavor text. A producer may stabilize ratings with a voice pack, but each use must touch Fan Oxygen, legal pressure, inspector heat, sponsor clearance, or an archive witness.

Unauthorized echo slice

Iris Vale is a deceased route asset whose memorial voice pack can enter Unauthorized Memorial Drop. Mara Fen holds the chain-of-custody key. If the player uses the voice without clearance, Echo Infringement Notice can fire within thirty turns.

Required branches

• license the memorial voice and reduce legal pressure while taking editor pressure;
• quarantine or suppress the voice and pay fan oxygen / inspector costs;
• counterfeit clearance for a short sponsor gain while increasing inspector heat;
• recruit, protect, suppress, or miss Mara Fen as a custody witness.